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My son is 7 years old and has been urinating blood for about 1 1/2 years. We have been to a urologist and a kidney specialist. They have done numerous tests and still do not know the cause of the blood. They want to do a biopsy but I'm not sure that I want that done. My son usually complains about his head hurting and his stomach hurting before he starts peeing blood. I don't know if it can be related but I thought I would ask.
Thanks so much! Venetta
Urinating blood is certainly not normal. In children, we worry about tumors, hypercalciuria and various anatomical abnormalities especially those involving the vascular structures. A biopsy is not to be taken lightly in a 7 year old.
Get an opinion from a pediatric urologist. These are urologists who specialize in the special problems of children. You can usually find them in the large university teaching hospitals.
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Answers by Expert:
Stephen W. Leslie, MD
Expertise
Questions concerning erectile dysfunction, kidney stones and prostate disorders including prostate cancer. I have a special interest in kidney stone disease prevention.
Experience
Full time practicing urologist with 30 years experience. Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Urology at Creighton University Medical Center. Editor in Chief of eMedicine Urology internet textbook. Author of only NIH approved book written for patients by a urologist on the subject of kidney stones "The Kidney Stones Handbook". Inventor of the "Parachute" and "Escape" kidney stone baskets and the "Calculus" stone prevention analysis computer program.
Organizations
American Urological Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Sexual Medicine Society
Publications
Men's Health, Journal of Urology, Urology, Healthwatch Magazine, Emergency Medicine Monthly, eMedicine, "The Kidney Stones Handbook", and numerous articles in various newspapers. He is also the editor of the Urology Board Review by McGraw-Hill used by urologists to study for their Board Certification Examinations.
Education/Credentials
Graduate of New York Medical College with residencies completed at Metropolitan Hospital New York, Albany Medical Center and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Awards and Honors
Thirlby Award of the American Urological Association. Rated as one the country's Best Urologists by the Independent Consumer's Research Institute
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